DID '117 C Q
VU :IJME XX.
FRANKLIN. N. C. EDNESDAY. OCTOBER 25. 1905.
NUMBER 43
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THE
KLIN
TnC stirrup-cup.
My short and happy day U dom,
Tbe long and drear? night comes oa :
' And at mjr door the pale horse stands .
To carry ma to unknown lands.
Rli whinny shrill, hte pawing boot,
Sound dreadful aa a gathering storm
And 1 must (rare Ihta sheltering root
Ana joys ot lire so eon ana warm.
John llay'a Verses
t 1 1 1
Major Couryn's Victory.
By Amanda
?iHjjWr 1 1 H H li 1 1
Now that Majpr Couryn in recov
ering, he had time to took about and
take soma interest In his sister'
household. - It consisted of a widow,
two little girls and a governess, be
sides the servants. ; He was not ex
travagantly fond of children, and Mrs.
Anthon was one of those domestic,
motherly women who seem especially
designed by Providence for the care of
children.
. After people reached maturity they
were as much beyond her comprehen
sion as a Greek tragedy In the origin
al. Not that she was cold or blindly
obtuse, but it was a subject quite
Above her comprehension, so she never
worried herself. For all that, she and
the major had been the best o' friends,
unlike as they were. And he had felt
that if he could once come hofne to
Emmie's kind care, he should get well.
. So here he was when the doctors had
agreed, one and all, that he hadn't
three month's lease ot life.
"You will not go back to the army?"
Emily said, pleadingly, one day,
"You've tramped around forts and
frontiers, and done you duty by your
country, I'm Bure. Then you're old
enough to"
There Mrs. Anthon made a long
pause.
"Be president, commander, ' or
what?" and Couryn laughed. His
natural gayety was coming back to
him.
"Oh, I never think of those things.
You ought to be married, Horace."
He gave a prolonged whistle.
"You want me steadied down bur
dened with the cares of life!"
"You certainly can afford to marry
"and you'r old enough thirty five:
and you've been in the army Aile;n
years.",
"I learned both to obey and com
mand. Wdl, Whom shall I marry?"
Mrs. AnUion colored a llttlo.
."The first day you feel equal to the
exertion I want to take you for a call
on the Weirs. There are two young
ladies, pretty, well educated, sensible
anf ladylike; not poor by any means,
anil like tnem Doin. i m not mucn
and
ben i- mrre. mere a me nomesiewi
rented out year afteV year, and you
forever away. Why not begin to en-
Joy life?"
- Major Couryn thought It over, lying
there on the- lounge by the open win
dow, that cool, fragrant, June after
noon. Tbe breath of roses and honey
suckle was everywhere, and the
mooth-shaven lawn, with its clusters
of evergreens, formed a pleasant pic
ture. Hadn't he rambled around long
' enough, tolled and borne hardships,
, and nearly wrecked bia health? What
more could his country ask of him In
"" time of comparative .peace. Home
and indolence were rather enjoyable,
after all. And most men married
some time. He had flirted desperately
" several times, and been a general ad
mirer of the sex. If a girl wa? pretty,
refined, . accomplished and all ; that,
would it be so very hard to love her?
Emily was a very straightforward,
prosalo body, but her judgment was
excellent, and her taste unusually
- good, ;- -
A shadow crossed the lawn and bis
' vision at the same time. This was
Mrs. Vaughan, his sister's governess
a rather haughty, reticent woman,
" who filled her position admirably, and
: took no liberties with any one. - "Up to
this time he could have told' but two
.facts concerning her that she wos
. tall, and wore black. The mourning
e was for her husband doubtless. . He
looked at her figure, a certain elasttci
, ty even In those sauntering steps. She
- turned her face to check Isabel in
some rather noisy romp, and then lost
- herself In thought Rich, dark, abun
dant hair, deep, shadowy eyes and
clear, colorless complexion. At that
Mnmuil htt ttimifrht fine vnr knnd.
tome woman, but, as he said to hlm;
- 'self, proud aa Lucifer. And, aome
4ow, the very pride appeared tempting
to him, He had been in such a miser
able, weakly way for so long that he
was quite anxious to try his strength
' tnd face an enemy once more. -
"It's too bad to be compelled to
' leave yon this evening," Mrs. Anthon
: said, Just at dusk; "but I really must
. go to the rectory tonight I've de.
- cllned several invitations lately, and
now you're so much better; but, then,
you'll feel the more lonesome."
' "Never mind about me."
- "Horace, If you would like Mm.
Vaughan to come In and read to you
- " Mrs. Anthon , went on. rather
doubtfully, to be sure, but anxious for
bis comfort "Bhe used to read to me
. nearly every evening last winter. I
think you'd enjoy It" :
"Well, if Mrs. Vaughan doesn't ob
lect," was his slow reply, but his brain
was not aa tranquil as his voice.
Mrs, Vaughan assented immediately
to Mm Anthon's requests, because
that lady was never unreasonable.
She waa ushered into Major Cour
yn's sitting room In the most dignified
manner, and replied to his remark
with a ' haughty graclousness that
would not have shamed a queen,
y Major Couryn smiled under hlk mus
tache, stretched himself into a position
of comfortable laxiness, and listened.
She was an effective reader, and
-had her voice under perfect control
her face, too, for that matter. Though
she gave sentiment and pathos their
due, her features wore their grave
composure.
7
Tender and warm the Jots of lh
Uood friends, the 'faithful aad the tree
Ur rosy children and my wife,
go sweet to kits, so fair to view.
Bo aweet to kiss, so fair to view I
The night comes down, the lights Bury bin i
And at bt door the pale horse atanda
To bear ma forth to unknown lands.
Written Many Tears Ago In View ot Death.
! Hill M Mil it
M. Douglas.
1 1 1 1 1 H 1 1 M
"i wish you'd get that volume ot
Tennyson," he said, presently, "and
read some ot the songs put of the
'Princess.' I. haven.'t outgrown my
boyish love for his mellow sweetness,
though I'm old enough to leave It tar
behind." -. : ,,'
She turned her eyes sharply upon
him at this,
"You question the soundness and
maturity ot my taste," he said, with
a curious smile.
"I didn't question anything. Major
Couryn."
Her voice was as cool as tbe sound
of dropping rain.
"It iunt always necessary to ex
press what one thinks In words. Faces
speak as well."
"I was not aware that mine did,"
she returned, haughtily.
Then she opened the book and read
In her coldest, calmest manner.
He wanted to talk, so he cast about
for some pretext. He could be qulto
irresistible when he chose, and the
languor left by a long Illness was very
much In his favor. ,
In spite of herself Mrs. Vaughan
was drawn into conversation. At first
It was very wary skirmishing on both
sides, but his effort waa not made for
nothing.
"What do you know" about Mrs.
Vaughan?" he asked of his sister the
next morning. .
"Very Jlttle. She taught two years
In a school before she was married
After she lost her husband she was
thrown upon her own exertions again.
I have a fancy that he wasn't very
successful In business, tor she gave
muBic lessons while he was alive."
Major Couryn decided that there
was a good deal to her, and some way
he meant to make, her display the
richness of her soul for bis repast.
He was Improving very rapidly, and
that afternoon sat on the lawn with
the children, taking an active share In
their amusements. Mrs. Vaughan
watched him curiously. By a subtle
intuition she knew that she was the
cause of his being there. She was not
a vain woman, yet, in spite of ner
"Suppose we drive over to the
Weirs?" Mrs. Anthon said, rejoining
them. "You have not had you usual
exercise today."
"Very well;" and Major Couryn
rose.
"I shall append a 'to be continued'
to that conversation," he said. In pass
ing her; then their rye met for an
instant.
During the next half hour Grace and
Isabel Indulged in some unwarranted
freaks, unchecked by the governess.
Then she suddenly came back to her
self. What a fool she had been! Ma
jor Couryn was used to such pastime,
doubtless. ,
Major Couryn, In the meanwhile,
was taken to. a rather Imposing man
sion and Introduced to the daughters
of the hottBe. They certainly merited
his sister's praise, but their calm, fair
faces stirred no feeling of emotion or
interest within his brain. ,
."Ellen Is the handsomer, but Carrie
has such a lovely sweet voice. Didn't
you think so?" his sister asked, for
they had been singing.
"Yes, It Is very fine," he said, ab
sently. "I think Ellon Is my favorite. She's
just past twenty, which is a very In
teresting age."
He assented again.
"Horace," Mn. Anthcn said, present
ly, "you're not a bit Interested.
"Am I not? I was thinking of mar
rying." ' "Do you really mean It?"
"If I can find any ono to have me."
"We will invite Ellen over here,"
she aald, pleased to And what she had
considered Indifference was grave
earnest
But his thoughts were upon another
woman. He found many opportunities
to see Mrs. Vaughan, and, the Ice once
broken. It was a hard matter for her
to Intrench herself again. From cour
tesy they went to sklrmis'jlng, from
commonplaces they proceeded to odd,
piquant talks. And, though Major
Couryn never seemed on the watch,
yet he always appeared when she was
alone.
What did It mean? stro asked her
self. When she decided that It was
mere trifling, and held herself haught
ily aloof, he always found the royal
path to her heart, and subdued her to
his will. For few moments she
dared to be happy, but was It at all
likely he Intended to marry her? And
why not? Wag she not as estimable
aa more fortunate women on whom
fate had smiled?
She was not long In understanding
Mrs. Anthon's plans. Mlsc Weir was
In constant demand, and Major Couryn
waa fully as polite as society required.
8he waa very fond of riding, and, as
soon as he could take to his saddle;
(ha two rode nearly every day. She
used to watch them, generally In the
morning. He certainly was growing
handsome with returning, health. A
faint color was stealing into his
cheeks, and the deathly paleness Wat
giving place to a more becoming, hue,
and In place of the languor of a kind
of Jaunty energy that said there was
much strength In reserve.
Maud Vaughan looked over her bar
ren past life. One brief love dream
rudely dispelled, hardship, toll, secret
dissatisfaction, and 'a dreary future
stretching out before her. More than
once she had been tempted to try the
stage. The life always appeared dis
tasteful to her until one gained an ad
outward placidity, her puW started up L' useless?" he ropeated slowly,
In tumult now ffidVen:- Hlk.lng at her' . .
vanced position, and then she had fee
friend to give her a helping hand or
Intercede for her. In spite ot pride
and energy, she was not one of those
women who could push on In the face
of obstacles.
One cool summer evening she sat
In the library, rehearsing some scenes
from Shakespeare. Mrs. Anthon and.
the children had been out all day, and
she was not aware that M had an
auditor until a sort of half-suppressed
breath startled her and made her turn
her eyes toward the door. There
stood Major Couryn! ,-f ; ;
"Excellently well done, Mrs. Vaugh
an," he aald, glancing at her, while the
scarlet blood mounted to cheek and
brow.
"I was simply reading for my own
amusement," she said, angry at his
Intrusion. - '. ' ., - .,
"You offer yourself a very high or
der ot entertainment Will you go on
while I listen?" -
"Excuse me," she returned, haught
ily, closing her book. .
"I believe I. shall complain of your
treatment Yon are not aa indulgent
as you nscd to be."
"And you are able to choose your
own pleasures."
"Not always, It seems," he said,
pointedly. "Are you practicing for the
stage?" ' .. ."-
A spirit ot recklessness came over
her, and, rising to her full height, she
said: - . .'. . '
"I have thought of It occasionally."
"I wish you would think ot some
thing more appropriate for women
love and marriage. '
"That would be folly for me."
She was quiet enough now, though
her breath came in gasps,
"And why folly? It may be daring
to say this, but I love you!"
"How long since, Major Couryn?
Yesterday you were Ellen Weir's
adorer."
An exultant smile crossed his Hps.
She was not as insensible then as he
had feared. Jealousy waa the best ally
for love.
"Was I? Are you so versed In the
minute shades of regard that you can
tell accurately?"
"Major Couryn," she aald, "you are
a man of the world, used to the many
caprices of society that mean nothing.
Women in my position are often con
sidered fair amusement hut I am not
to be trifled with. Miss Weir Is your
equal and the admired friend of your
sister "
"And you' would advise me to marry
her?"
Mrs. Vaughan was exasperated by
bis coolness.
"As you like," she returned, haught
ily. "It Is quite useless to repeat these
meaningless words to me."
1 He if " 1
across
ea tor i. rral-iiiiri for
mlreniopaused, uncertain how to
profcetd.
There was an almost Imperceptible
lowering of the eyes and a faint qui,
cr of the Hps. . How much waa at
stake? Should she make any conces
sion? It was not Maud Vaughan's nature
to do that Once she had been miser
ably deceived, and she would not be
willfully blind now. i
"Major Couryn, this is child's play,"
she said, sweeping slowly, but loftily,
from the room.
He made no motion to detain her.
When alone she buried her proud face
in her hands and wept a few bitter
tears. Could she have had this man's
love? Why, It would have been a new
life to her! What did all that lay be
tween matter? If fortune had been
hera, she would gladly have shared It,
with him. If power had been hers,
she would give her very life to make
him happy. And yet she had consid
ered his words trifling and meaning
less. :' .':.''.. i
She was pale the next morning,
and a dark tint under her eyes showed
that her slumbers had not been very
profound. He watched her narrowly,
quite satisfied that her thoughts had
been ot him.
.. Left to herself, Mrs, Vaughan set
about making new resolves. Major
Couryn bad determined to repair the
old homestead and take possession,
and Mrs. Anthon was all Interest Ot
course he would marry. And then
Maud Vaughan knew that she could
not endure to remain. It would be no
place for her, to look upon their happi
ness. Did Ellen Weir plume herself
upon her anticipated good fortune? ,
"Mrs. Vaughan is going away," Mrs.
Anthon announced In great distress.
"She wanted to leave Immediately, but
I persuaded her to stay until the Drat
of September: I dent know what I
shall do. I shall never like anyone so
well again."
Major Couryn knew what he must
do, regardless of his sister. Mrs.'
Vaughan had fallen Into the habit of
taking solitary rambles juat after sun
set, and one evening he waylaid her.
There were some tense lines about her
mouth, and a cold, strained look In her
eyes... She waa ..suffering from soma
hidden cause.
But she thrust her secret far out of
sight She waa proud and reserved to
the last degree. ; . v,
"Maud," he aald at length, "for a
month you have clung resolutely to
your own belief, and It has failed to
make you happy. I am not blind, so
I say again that I love you.- What la
my answer? Too alone can make me
happy. When yon leave thia place, I
ahall return to army life. I would
rather atay and marry yon."
' Her face waa crimson. There waa
manly ring In the voice that aht
could not doubt v
"I am poor and proud. Moat people
would think you had demeaned your
elf by marrying a governess, an"
"Don't give me advice. Ia It yea or
no?"
A atrange, aweet smile crossed her
face. -He bent over to hiss her and
caught the answer in an undnrbreath.
"My darling," ho said, "you have
hidden nothing from me; I know your
secret weeks ago."
She hid her blushing face, and was
at peace. , .,; .
Mrs, Anthon was surprised and rath
er disappointed at flint, but she soon
recovered. And Major Couryn consid
ers himself a happy and a fotunatu
man. New York Weeklv.
GLOBE'S CABLE NE'I jORK
OCEAN LINES BECOMIj 1 LIKE
RAILWAYS ON
World Prominence Given
Islands of the 8ea, Whe
Used as Cable Landln
Junction Points Yap,
Klska : as Example
' Named to Become a F,
.. Base Significance of
World Politics The C.
Improved Methods of
Laying.
For the meeting place
lines to become an Impair
a creation of tholr own
has long been common.;
ocean cables In this age
an importance that peril
give world prominent ti
Island of the sea which
their uses aa a junction
the Washington corresp
New York Evqntng Foat
Yap, east of the Caroll
not of them, rind about
north of the equator, h
most Interesting point
the globe in this rcspec
cable companies have
wires into Yap, and i
In contemplation. Thf
exchange their mes:
them, so to apeak. Its
developed into a consl
call, since Information
in the modern world,
course of navigation i
as any article which c
cargo. The oompletlt
Pacific cable, via Hor
radically affected the
the Pacific. So tho d(
in progress at Yap pr
a famous town of the
Its present reputation
anted with tne strai
of Con O'Keofe, one-tf
Yap has cable con
with
the island of Jaluit
jarshall
group, connecting It
at and
m. It
rapidly growing Gen
has been connected v-f
orlcn-t
cable line at Guam,
m, I
i
ot far
away. It has also
U with
the Dutch East
Meanado, which
by at
p-thern
extremity ot the islij
Yes. H
will soon be connecf
Brlt-
Ish cables at ShanglJ
p that
touches at Yap can
direct
communication th
t cebto
systems with evei
world.
This developmen
termaq
Island Is ot consl'
In world politics,
thus Sank out co
flcance
lis will
th the
dependencies o
r route To the Philippines by way ot
Honolulu and Guam for over a thous
and miles, by a cable connecting a
chain of Islands under the German
flag. Marny of these are indented by
splendid harbors. The laying of tha
cable through the Caroline and Mar
shall groups from. Yap will be ot Im
portance commercially, certainly to
Germany, but chiefly valuable In off
setting any advantage which we might
get In naval warfare from the con
trol of a trans-Paclflc line.
For similar reasons our naval au
thorities have been working out n
naval base In the Aleutian chain of isl
lands. Their studies have long been
conducted secretly, but the Evening
Post's correspondent may now an
nounce that the department has set
tled upon Klska harbor. In the Island
In toe future. The first object of those
who were charged with the problett
waa the avoidance ot toga. To be of
greatest use in time of war, a naval
Btatlon must be approached with rea
sonable certainty. A vessel should al
so be able to come or go almost any
time it pleases. All parts of the Aleu
tian chain were examined with this
consideration in view, as well aa the
obvious necessity of a good harbor.
The island which has been ' selected
meats the requirements to a surpris
ing degree, and congress will be urged
to appropriate for it
This chain is on the shortest route
from our Pacific coast to the Orient
by tbe great-circle navigation. The
route followed by our cable is sev
eral hundred miles longer. Klska har
bor heeds' little Improvement, and
most of the expenditures would be- in
the erection of docks and storehouses,
for which the department baa now
completed plans. Great misapprehen
sion prevails as 'to the climate. Peo
ple think tuat on the Aleutian Island
It la dark all winter and stormy most
of the year, when, In fact, Ita latltudo
la not higher than Edinburgh, and
tbe effect upon Its climate of the cir
culatory system of the North Pacific
ocean is the same as that experienced
by the British Islands. It is no cold
er in summer, nor hotter In winter,
than Scotland, and It ha no mors
rain, certainly, at Klska, whose clim
atic condition have been carefully
tabulated. Who can say that the Aleu
tlon Islanda will not some day send a
representative to congress? Still, tha
navy doss not expect this port-to ob
tain commercial importance, in the
near future,, if ever. ' It will be con
nected by cable with the mainland aa
a military necessity.'' , , .
' England wa the first power, appar
ently, to realize the Importance of the
control ot commercial cable in the
event of war. a Her. pre-eminence In
this adjunct to her navlea Is marked.
France come second aa a cable owner.
Ia both countries the general practice
I for private companies to own and
operate the cable, but under govern
ment subsidies. England reaches every
corner of the glob with her cables.
She has been at home the great cable
builder ot the world, manufacturing
most of those that other nations hare
laid, although thla monopoly ahe la
rapidly losing. Our own trans-Paclflc
cable was built and put down by Eng
lish manufacturers, but the next 0114
will not be. . 1
It is still a somewhat open ques
tion how valuable the cable would be
In a great naval war, ' It is really the
eyes and ear of the navy. In the
Russo-Janonese struggle it has not fig
ured greatly, but in more comprehen
sive operation over the sea, between
any two power ot Europo, It would
probably play a large part. The beat
demonstration ot what the power:)
think cable are worth In war Is
shown by the new line which th
French government Is subsidizing 10
connect the Orient by a series 01 in
dependent cables, extending from
France down tho west coast of. Africa,
around to Madagascar, and then to Co
chin China. There is no commercial
business that would warrant an In
vestment of such magnitude, covering
theso tremendous stretches of tea. The
first section of the cable, which Is al
ready under way, extends from Brest
to Dakar, a t rench naval stronghold
on the west coast of Africa, but with
out intermediate connection. Its pro
jectors were .. not looking for com
mercial business, or they would have
selected some other point.
The Intermediate stations below Da
kar are all on French soil; In f ct
the cable will round the Cape of Good
Hope without touching the land. The
next main station will be on the French
island of Madagascar. This cable will
cost at the rate ot a thousand dollars
a' mile. From Paris to the Cape Of
Good Hope represents about 75 degrees
of longitude, besides latitude, and from
there across tne Indian Ocean to Sai
gon, In the Northern ; Hemisphere
again, will make a tremendous Journal
all as a part of the price whlca the
wsrld in peace pays to maintain itt
readiness for war.
Aside from this huge French under
taking Germany is now manufacturing
her own cables, and ia probably tbe
most' energetic cable layer In the
world today. She la laying cable In
the East connecting the German
stronghold at Klaucbau Bay, on the
China coast, with her Insular posses
sions. Stance is also manufacturing
her own cables. The great expendi
tures In maintaining them have been
due in the past to defective manufact
ure, but the frequent need ot repairs
resulting, but this has been correct
ed. The sub-marine cable Industry
has been started in the United Statoj
also, and those used tn connecting the
telegraph system of Alaska with the
United States, from Sitka to Puget
Sound, are altogether ot American
manufacture, turned out. at Bayonne,
N. J. Thia company i now under con
tract with the Mexican government to
manufacture a cable to be laid In the
Gulf of Mexico from Vera Crux to Pro-
preso, an Important point on the
coast ot Yucatan. So the industry has
fortunately found a foothold- here!
Improved Methods
Cable laying ia less expensive- today
because better understood, than for
merly. The condition of the ocean bed
over which It Is proposed to go Is now
ascertained accurately, and there is no
more festooning from elevation to
elevation fn the ocean, such as wreck
ed some Of the earlier cables. Our
trans-Paclflc cable Ilea on the average
at a greater depth than any other Im
portant line in the world. Although
wireless telegraphy' seems destined to
supplant- ocean cables to an extent,
any Influence In' thataVrect'on. has not
yet been perceptible." No one can poluT
to submarine connection that would
have been -made but for the wireless.
Cables ace becoming steadily a more
Important channel for the transmis
sion of Intelligence, with the growth
of commerce and of press reports. It
I only within a short time the the
Pacific has been crossed at ail, and
contrary to general belief, that was
not done first by our line, but by the
British cable from Vancouver to Fan
ning Island, and then to the FIJI Isl
ands and on to Australia. This line
waa open for work a few months be
fore the American cable. The two
cross physically,- northwest ot Honolu
lu, but as yet no link has been con
structed by which messages can be
transferred, as It wo supposed would
be done. Tbe Hawaiian merchant who
desires to communicate with Fiji Isl
ands must do so by way of the Amer
ican mainland. Honolulu baa become
a more important centre' by the com
pletion of the cable, as well as a bet
ter place of residence. It will be still
further Improved by the cable connec
tions with the terminus of the Isth
mian canal, when that work I finish
ed. . ....
' The canal will come Into existence
well equipped with cable communica
tion. On the Panama side the Central
and South American cable companies
connect with the western coast of
Central America by a line which
crosses th Isthmus at Tehuantepec, at
taching to cable from New Orleans,
which touch at Vera Cruz. This line
also connect with the terminus on
the Gulf ot Mexico ot the new Tehuan
tepec railroad, which follows the route
proposed tor the old Eada abip railroad
scheme. The Pacific terminu ot th
railroad and the cable I Sallna Cruz;
from there It proceed along the west
coast to Panama, touching at import
ant points. This line waa laid thirty
year ago. It ia assumed that the com
pletion of the canal will lead to still
better cable connections with the rest
ot the world.
The cable from Panama also con
nects wtty Important points on the
western coast of South America, by a
series of loop extending a far south
a Valparlso.
Absent-Minded.
A certain merchant In Boston Is
noted for being a stickler In the mat
ter of promptness, to the extent that
he has been known to walk out of
church because the services did not
begin promptly, and to leave hla sister
alone In a strange city because she
wa four minute lata in keeping an
appointment Not long ago he over
beard a forceful exposition of hi pe
culiarity, v
He had walked out to hi stable and
waa about to go In when he heard the
new groom within say to tbe coach-
nan, "la It true, Dolan, that the bos
I cracked about doing things on time.
and goes Into a fit when anybody la
later .'.'; '
"Shrue? Thruo?" cried Dolan. "Let
me tell you, Ryan, how thrue it is. If
the boss had promised to mate himself
at lllven o'clock and was late, he'd find
himself gone when he got there. That's
bow thrue it Is!" The Independent
Had Papa Dazed,
'What are you doing out here In the
park?" asked the solicitous neighbor.
"I'm thinking ' things - over," , an
swered the sincere man. "Some one
told me that children ought to be en
couraged to ask questions. I encour
aged my youngest, and Inside of thir
ty seconds he wanted to know who
the next president will be and how
long It will take to dig the Panama
canal." Waslilnston $tT-
; 1
7BEPULPIT.
BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON
THE REV. W. H BURCWIN.
Subject 1 sowing and Beaptai.
Brooklyn. X. Y.-For tliv last ser
mon lu his series on "The Substance
of Christian Doctrine" the Rev. W. H.
Burgwlu, pastor of the - Eighteenth
Street SI. K.. Church, preached Sun
day morning ou "Sowing and Reap
ing." His text was chosen from Gal-,
liitlaus xI:T-8: "Be not deceived; God
Is not mocked;, for whatsoever a man
sowetii, that shall be also reap. For
lie that son-eth to the flesh shall of
tha flesh reap corruption; but he that
son-eth to the spirit shall ot tbe spirit
reap life everlasting." Mr. Burgwlu
aald:
Our statement of the substance of
Christian doctrine in the four preced
ing discourses has presented the Crea
tor ot all things as a merciful and
bountiful Provider for His creatures.
Mau, because of unique relationships
to tiod, Is tbe object of His particu
lar and peculiar favor. Insisting that
'All have slnued and come short of
tbe glory of God." tbe divine love
fluds a way to satisfy infinite justice
and to redeem for eternity every sin
ner who will be saved. The nature of
the sluuer, as created, precludes the
idea or tbe possibility ot compulsion.
There Is, however, a too general ten
dency to discount Scriptural teaching
to feel that God, having done so
much for mau, will do more, that, In
some way, n comfortable and blissful
future is assured us, even though un
belief nnd disobedience' mark our con
duct here. The upostle combats such
a conception Jesus Himself contra
dicts It: "Ye cannot serve God and
Mamiuou." The Scriptures uniformly
oppo it by precept and example.
It is my tusk this morning- to en
force this thought: All men are re1
deemed by Chrlsti but we are not
saved from our guilt and its fixed
penalty until we are lu accord with'
Christ aud the divine plan. What the
sowing is th'. harvest will be. This
Is the truth as taught us.
Our text Is a warning an unmistak
able tluiLgpr signal. This warning is
given lu view ot real dangers appar
ent to nil observers of human nature.
It assures us that Uod does not make
spiritual or moral paupers of men.
Men cannot be redeemed without God;
but, in the divine economy, God does
not save the man without the man
himself. The mau, in addition to
God's work, must work out his own
salvation. For man there is a sowing
and there is a reaping. There is good
seed for sowing in inorni and spirit
ual soil; there is other seed which de
velops degraded humau character.
Man selects his own seed and sows it.
The seed proceeds to follow the law
of nature. It, brings forth after its
kind noisome weeds or golden grain.
It Is nil eternal harvest of "corrup
tion" or of "everlasting life." Even
If man be deceived, God is not mocked.
This Scripture warns us that every
mortal has freedom to direct hhssadand be heedful of the sowing.
career wltbju well knowny-niU a I
good or evthji Above the ft Sf.iimj
is 1119 Lnvuie uuveruur.
compel human loyalty,
lng In more extensive
L merely Unite and human, Invariably
airects tne mortal to tue mture ms
owu freedom has cboseti, to tbe reap
ing, ot the harvest bis own life has
sown. Thus it i clear that man's
destiny Is in bis own control.
It becomes apparent that this uni
versal governor In administering his
government is not anarchic. He is tbe
supreme exponent ot order and law,;
He, the arch-opponent of confusion:
All disorder tends to confusion, in
particular as in universal dominion;
Tbe human sinner Is a begnttor ot
confusion In that he interfere with
law nnd order. He thus challenge
tbe divine wisdom, power and will,
lie Is a rebel ngulnst the Creator and
Ruler of all things. Were all nature
to follow blm, the original chaos and
anarchy would prevail in ail realms.'
Ferfect order in human life would
bring man to, the perfect destination
for which be as originally designed.
That perfect order becomes a real fact
for man through Jesus Christ, who is
the exemplar of that order, "Who His
own self bar our sins in His own
body on the tree, that we, being dead
to sin, should live unto righteousness;
by whose stripes ye were healed." If
.we encourage sin lu our lives, It we
do not persistently resist the devil, we
are sowing accursed seed: we are not
dead to sins, we do not live onto rlght
eousucss; consequently, that perfect
order Is not an actuality tor as, though
it remains a possibility, because of the
divine mercy and our ability to sow
tbe seed ot repentance, by God's help,
if we will. ,
Evldeutly, then, the glorious destin
ntiou ot man ns described la Scripture,
brlnglug the creature back to hla lost
estate, where'be 1 conformed to the
Image of Him who is the express
image ot God' substance, i not an
arbitrary goal to which every creature
move whether; or no. The attainment
of that destination 1 a matter ot
choice and decision on the part of the
creature that decision and choice in
dicating hi accord with tbe will and
plan of tbe Creator. Mart be a goal,
a great purpose for living, set before
him. th "life everlasting" of our text
toward which it I hi personal re
sponsibility and duty Intelligently to
direct his way. He 1 not like the crick
et. It you bare ever noticed this In
sect lu an open space, bound for some
where, you will remember that be
spring a foot or so into tbe air, turn
a somersault or two at each Jump,
bla course being zigzag and uncertain,
as likely to terminate in one place a
another, so 'far a you can determine.
Many mortals do resemble the insect
with this exception, that the unintel
ligent, slgzag course cannot possibly
bring them to the right destination.
That thia slgzag course exists Indi
cates that tbe truth has been perverted.
Men have been deceived. In their con
fident Intclleelnal self-conceit i the?
bare proclaimed various modifications
ot the Christian plan as we possess It.
In their reasonings and speculations
they have argued that a loving God
would not do this, -that He would not
do that; that a Just God would act
thus aud bo, and would sot act in cer
tain ether .way. Bo they hav an
nounced their conclusions that all will
eventually be saved, whatever tlielf
Uvea' sowing- may have been; or that
Immortality Is conditional, that tbe In
corrigible will not suffer eternal pun
ishment, but that finally tbey will be
annihilated, . utterly destroyed; that
there will be a fnlure probation, an op
portunity beyond the grave to accept
the divine mercy. All ot this is at
tractive as speculation. The truth Is,
there is no adequate warrant in, the
Holy Scriptures for any such hopes.
God says, "Be not deceived." God in
sists that the eternal life I bar
vest following c seed sowing.
In practice, too, there are dangerous
theories, for "as a man thlnketh in
bin heart, so Is he." If he make hlm
silf believe t!;nt everything is coming
out nil r ' t. inn sii'.jtivQ 0f Ills con-
duct, hi belief will affect fcls conduct
If a man argue himself to feeling that
If God cannot receive lilra Into heav
enly realms. He will put blm out of
his misery,' annihilate blm, ibt ten
dency will be for blm to throw himself
Into tbe flood ot activity, whatever it
character, which promises him tbe full
est and most satisfactory return to hi
present selfish ambition. Such atti
tudes of mind, with' their baneful re
sults, are all too common. The thought
of the Judgment ot., God in absolute
equity lu tbe eternal existence ot the
soul I a most attmlrable and effective
eheck upon all such human presump
tion. Well may we pray with tbe
Psalmist,. "Keep back thy servant also
from presumptuous sins; let them not
have dominion over me."
The baneful results referred to have
Illustrations In every field of endeavor.
In no other way can I account for tbe
astonishing attitude of people whom
I am meeting often not bad, vicious
people, either but folks who are utter,
ly carelesa and indifferent in relation
to this duty or that; the moral and
rellgtou instruction of their children,
Sabbath obcrvance, the payment of
bills due, the speaking of tbe unblem
ished truth, the holding ot malice
against fellow Christians; in perfect
calmness men will argue in extenuation
of any aln in the catalogue. Then,
there Is a popular feeling that a man
to get along must hove a "pull." Char
acter, ability, tbe whole moral and
practical capacity of tbe Individual, are
discounted. This feeling is so current
that you may hear it expressed any
where. It has come to me recently
from different sources. In one case ex
pressed by a man, In tha other by a
woman. In both instances, children
are being reared, reared and trained
by professed Christians in that atmos
phere. Most emphatically, I resent
and condemn such an attitude on the
part of any, especially Christians. It is
specious, vicious, r disastrous. "Pull"
may secure place among men, but
character and ability only bring honor.
Some men may be tardy In recognizing
worth. God Is, not His Judgments
are based on character. Again, In busi
ness It has come to pass that too often
any legal means Is considered Justifia
ble. "According as you put GciWhing
In, the greater will be your dividends
of salvation," one man of enormous
wealth and extensive business Inter
ests Is reported to have said. That
"something" which yon put in Is not
money, or words, ortleetls. Tluse. 0110
or nil, may be n symbol of that "some
thing." The thlug put in must be a
self-surrender to God, an acceptance
of the Divine will as our standard of
conduct If Mr. Rockefeller Is desti
tute of this disposition of moral self
surrender, all bis great gifts are not
sufficient to win Divine approval.
None can buy the gift ot God. God Is
too rich to sell, and man is too poor to
buy. Any man's gifts may Indeed be
come an obstacle to favor with God
In that they may promote a conceit of
self-righteousness such ns certain An
cient Pharisees bad. It is worse than
useless for a man to make the church
his hobby If he gouges bis fellow-men
In business every chance he gets. "Be
not deceived." Remember the harvest
Trjaum active in polii
political life.
p,)tfi,p im.H-i'lns, who, according to
tonces the rumor
act in court are the
recipients of peculiar favors popularly
known as "graft." It's custom. Oth
er do It they say. Yes, and It's il
legal, dishonest; it's perjury, too. Sec
retary Bonaparte dees well to Insist
that this species ot dishonesty is a
grave menace to the nation. The book
says, "B not deceived." I speak to
young men. Some ot you may hold
political position, ns you now hold busi
ness places of responsibility. I speak
forcefully, for I know your possible
temptations. Abhor any moral com
promise In politics, in business or in
soclnl life. The man who leads a
double life Is a doomed man. He may
not be condemned to prison by a jury
of his peers; his Integrity may escape
question because ot prevailing laxity
or personal shrewdness. But, "Be not
deceived; God Is not mocked." "Be
sure your Bin will find you out." All
souls reap, gathering ns they have
sown. Thnnk God, there ore men,
many of them here and everywhere,
who are above reproach. Muy their
bribe increase.
So we deceive ourselves. In our self-decelv-4
state, we may find n sort ot
comfort; we are with the crowd; our
chances are as good as another's; we'll
turn over a new leaf, now or hereafter.
"God is not mocked." We cannot treat
God contemptuously, as we may our
fellows. As truly as seed brings a like
harvest, so truly our derision of God
resolves itself Into despair. The insult
to Deity always revert to tne manner.
Men must not find comfort in the
thought that such willful disorder on
their part can produce order hereafter.
If the towing be sin, disorder, the reap
ing must b confusion.
ChrlstUnlty offers humanity its
greatest conceivable opportunity, but
humanity must embrace the opportun
ity. '
Victor.
The Joy ot resisting temptation la the
blgbeat Joy men can feel. It Is a mo
ment when onr little life here grows
larger, and we feel ourselves lifted
into a wide sphere; we have a sense
of fellowship with higher beings, and
are somehow conscious of their sympa
thy. All God' creation smiles upon
as and appears made for our Joy.
A. B. Davidson.
A I'rars.
' 0 God, who art the truth, make me
one with Thee In everlasting lovet
I am often weary of reading, and
weary ot bearing; in Thee alone is the
sum of my desire! Let all teachers be
silent, let tbe whole creation be dumb
bofore Tbee, and do Thou only speak
onto mr soul! Thomas a Kemp). -
Stumbled Into Rich Mln.
' Nannie Brown, eighteen yean old, a
negro servant while searching for a
stray cow near the Homestake mine,
half a mile east of Butte, stumbled In
to a gopher hole out ot which had been
thrown several small particles of
quarts In which gold glittered. .Th
girl carried the sparkling rock horn
and assay In Butte show that the rock
carries morethan $1,000 la gold to the(
ton. The girl led her employer to th
gopher hole and the whole country
wa staked off, the boaters . being
"Con" Conklin, 8. W. Brown, "Al"
Stevena and Miss Brown, each taking
an equal share. Two shafts have been
sunk thirty feet, revealing two large
gold leads In which tbe tree gold ca
be easily aeon. About $6.00 worth of
rock Is in -sight and excitement runs
high over the discovery. '
Jealous Dog Wanted Bab. ' '
A large dog in Crewe (Et..j recent
ly lifted a baby from its cot when the
mother wus absent walked olt with It,
and left It, severely mauled, on a door
step f- i tK itanoo g"v,
C- 5
-THE COLLEGE ATHLcTE.
Oh, at tha baseball he's a wonder and at
golf he's Just the thing ;
lie ran burl the classic discus Ilka a Hcr-
cules, bjr Jloal . . , .
He can bold two Uoseo people ou a plat
form on his rbeet.
And at lifting and dumbbells he's tha
equal of the bMU
He can- row or Jnmo or wrestle tn tba
smartest kind of style ; ,
He can swim benrath tha water for at
least a half a mile.
At all useless sports and pastimes he's
admitted to be good,
But he has no startling record when It
comes to sawing wood.
. Louisville Ky.) Courier-Journal.
JUST FOR FUN
"How did old Pscadds ever break
into society?". By lending money to
some of its Impoverished leaders."
Chicago Tribune. t -
"I wonder how it Is that men suc
ceed who mind only their own busi
ness?" "Because there Is so little
competition." New Yorker.
Mrs. Muggins Mrs. Newrlch's little
girl has a decided Irish brogue. Mrs.
Bugglns That's what comes of hav
ing French maids. Philadelphia Rec
ord. Mrs. Foozle My son Is a veterinary
surgeon. Mrs. Malaprop Land Bakes!
He's a purty young-lookln' feller to
call himself a veteran. Philadelphia
Record.
First Suburbanite Is he lucky?
Second Suburbanite I should say so.
Why, even his neighbors' hens come
and lay their eggs in his yard. Pitts
burg Dispatch. ,
She And did you ever propose to
a girl in a canoe? He Yes, and I'll
never do it again! The girl jumped ai
my proposal, and upset the boat.
Yonkers Statesman.
Madge They say she Is very clovj
er, but I have never noticed IT Mar-
Jorle Of course not. She says all
the clever things about you aftor you'
have gone. Harper's Bazar.
Customer 1- want a book that will
do for hot-weather reading. Book
seller All right, sir. Here is a ghost
story that is warranted to make your
blood run cold. Chicago News.
Mother Has Charles proven him
self to be a thoroughly abstemious
man? June Bride Yea, indeed! He
particularly abstains from giving me
any money! Detroit Free Press.
Mr. De Rich What? Another now
street dress? Where is the last ono
you got? Mrs. De Rich I have worn
It out. It isn't a week since you got
It. I wore it out last Thursday. New
York Weekly. . n . '
"Mr. Dustln Stax is inclined to
make an ostentatious display of Us -wealth."
"You wouldn't "aerrnk so,"
said the government employe, "it you .
worked in the assessor's office."'
Washington Star.
"That girl has an unfortunate Idea
of repartee." 'Yes," answered Miss
Cayenne. "She has an idea that she
Is saying smart things when alio Is
merely saying things that smart."
Washington Star.
"Haven't you ever thought of going
to work?" asked the farmer's wlfo of
Sauntering Sam. "Yes'm," replied tho
veteran tramp; "I thought of it once
but I was deeloeryus at de timo."- '
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Being from the West, Mrs. Brloso,
you have never before heard . tho .
booming of the breakers, I suppose?''
"No; but being from the West I have
heard the breaking of tbaboofhers '
many a time and oft! "Cleveland
Leader.
Weary Husband Doctor, I don't .
see why you ean't cure my wife of her '
aches and pains? Doctor Sir, I have
great regard for the opinion of your
wife, and if I should cure her of hor
aches and pains, she'd never forgive .
me! Detroit Free Press
"But you wiil admit that my Jokes ,
have the real flavor?" ventured the
Jokesmith with the rejected batch ot . :
manuscript. "What do I know about
their flavor?" growled the editor of 1
the comio weekly. "I am no goat I 1
don't eat them." Chicago Dally News.
First Artist Well, old man, how Is
business? Second Artist Oh, splen
did! Got a commission thla morning
for a millionaire. Want hla children
tainted very badly. First Artist '
(pleasantly) Well, my boy, you're
the very man for the Job. Glasgow
Evening Times,
"Why dont you try to win the con
fidence ot the people?" "Not now," j
answered Senator ' Sorghum. "The
people have been gold-bricked so
much of late years that every time
they see man trying to make himself
agreeable, they get . suspicious."
Washington Star, (
"Did you' -succeed In breaking your " i
grandfather's will? ' : '"No; . but
managed to bend It co that a few
more thousand dollars oozed out bi
the family tree."-Detrolt Free Press.
"Do you believe there Is anything in
mind-reading?" "It there isn't, my
wife' an awful good guesser. She
never ha to wait for me to do any
confessing." Chicago Record-Herald.
Hla View of Bernhardt
Of all the stories told of the ex
treme slenderness of Mme. Sarah
Bernhardt, the : following probably
caps tbe climax;- Two Boston men
were talking about tbe famous scire .n
during her last. vUlt to this country,
when one ot them asked the other If
he would like to see her.
"Yes,": wa his friend's delighted
reply. ' , ."'- "
"Well, walk past that coupe and
look In and you'll oe her."
The other did as directed, and then
came back looking disappointed.
"Didn't you see her?" Inquired hla
friend.
"I looked in and saw nothing."
"Well, that's she!" -The UokIoh
Christian Register.
Worry.
She I believe the chef has been los
ing money on the stock exrlinnce !:
ly.
Te I thought something of the 1
WJ up. I found a prnv iwiir 1 1
soup tun!: M. -nek y.a t'p.